Posted on 08/21/2013 5:11:36 PM PDT by ebb tide
WASHINGTON — Although Martin Luther likely simply sent his Ninety-Five Theses — his harsh critique of contemporary Catholicism — to the local archbishop instead of dramatically nailing them to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, the event is commonly regarded as marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
A new document, “From Conflict to Communion: Lutheran-Catholic Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017,” has been released to pave the way for joint observances of Luther’s action by both Lutherans and Catholics, a development that certainly could not have been foreseen in previous centuries.
(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...
I guess its, uh, nice that the Vatican will admit that Lutherans are Christian too, but why does that require “dialogue”?
The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) is a document created, and agreed to, by the Catholic Church’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) and the Lutheran World Federation in 1999, as a result of extensive ecumenical dialogue. It states that the churches now share “a common understanding of our justification by God’s grace through faith in Christ.”[1] To the parties involved, this essentially resolves the conflict over the nature of justification which was at the root of the Protestant Reformation.
In substance, the PCPCU and the Lutheran World Federation acknowledge in the Declaration that the excommunications relating to the doctrine of justification set forth by the Council of Trent do not apply to the teachings of the Lutheran churches set forth in the text; likewise, the churches acknowledged that the condemnations set forth in the Lutheran Confessions do not apply to the Catholic teachings on justification set forth in the document.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Declaration_on_the_Doctrine_of_Justification
Trying to rewrite history. Waste of time.
Lutherans were excommunicated.
there’s dialogue and there’s dispute.
When disputes are resolved, the argumentative are disappointed.
The disputants have been dead for centuries
Nothing blasphemous about it. (Luther didn't think it was blasphemous, either. He agreed with it. Do you want me to post the quotation?)
Is Jesus your King or isn't he? What do you call the King's mother?
I'll answer that question: in the Davidic monarchy of ancient Israel, she was called "great lady" ("gebirah" in Hebrew) and was (in protocol terms) the second most important person in the kingdom after the king himself.
But, yes, of course the world of believers is larger than Catholicism, and the Church, i.e. Catholicism, preaches just that. See Jacques Maritain's "Who is My Neighbor?" for a far more broad-minded perspective than anything I have ever run across from any Protestant author . . . and being a former Protestant, I have read them all.
understandably.
Certain issues? Please name some of them.
What about other issues such as women priests, women bishops, no sacrament of confession, homo marriages, birth control, abortion? Are you in communion with that? What’s to commemorate? Do you think Luther would have been in agreement with all of the above?
really???the incidents of protestant clergy involved in such EVIL behaviors FAR surpass those of Catholic clergy.....as do teachers, scout leaders, and numerous other groups.....the Catholic hierarchy certainly mishandled many situations, but it was not the "Church" doing so...but certain individuals. The Catholic church has some sinners within its'ranks and I imagine that protestants do also.
sure He did...I will give you the keys to the kingdom of Heaven...what you shall bind on earth will be bound in Heaven, what you shall loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.....protecting the decisions of the Catholic Church from error....as for Mary, Hail, FULL OF GRACE, blessed art thou among women......kind of sounds like the Hail Mary prayer Catholics faithfully say.
Don't come along after 1,600 or so years and try to change Christianity, didn't work then, doesn't work now.
Mary’s cousin said that, not Jesus, and in Mary’s own prayer in Luke she admits she needs a savior. sinless people don’t need saving or a savior.
and describing the authority given to men does not prove papal infallibility.
you seem to forget peter was harshly rebuked by paul for sliding back into legalism, apparently not an infallible first pope.
Mary's cousin didn't say that...it was the angel at the Annunciation....Peter being rebuked has nothing to do with anything and Paul was certainly not in authority to have a say over the person whom had been given the Keys to the kingdom of Heaven....Christ instituted one Christian church....not 20,000 denominations, and He promised to be with her until the end of time......close enough for me!!!
What church do you belong to? I’m curious and would like to know how your church survives without passing a collection plate, donations from its members, funds from fundraisers or any other ways to raise money. Please tell me how your church functions without money.
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